Boys basketball: Mount Vernon staves off upset bid from White Plains

9:51 PM,
Jan. 31, 2014

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Without typical wattage from its stars, Mount Vernon has been forced to succeed with traits like its strength, hustle and its effort on the glass. It also needed help from its bench on Friday to stave off a serious challenge from rival White Plains, and unheralded seniors Marques Henry and Tyger Hackett provided just that.

Henry scored 11 in the third quarter alone and Hackett provided seven key points late as the Knights beat White Plains 54-50 in a tense league game.

Henry finished with those 11 points to go with 12 rebounds, and Hackett had nine points and five boards. That included a key ...